Art with a Heart’s 2026 Holiday Open House

Shop with a purpose for one-of-a-kind artwork, jewelry, houseware items, paintings, mosaics and assorted gifts with meaning – including pieces hand made by Baltimore youth ages 14 to 24 in Art with a Heart’s (AWAH) HeARTworks workforce development program.

New this year, HeARTwares will unveil its Charm Bar featuring handmade beads and charms created by AWAH interns, volunteers, staff and community partners, including Baltimore Transition Connection and Itineris. Guests can mix and match to create their own DIY phone or bag charm.

Additional event highlights are as follows:

●On-the-spot personalized oyster ornaments featuring a family or individual’s name — $5/ornament

●On-the-spot doodle portraits of guests— $5/portrait

●Free face painting by HeARTworks apprentices

●A raffle to win an art party with AWAH —$5/ticket, and guests must be present to win

●Light bites, hot apple cider and hot chocolate, including a spiked version for adults

Proceeds from all items sold at the Holiday Open House will benefit student artists and support HeARTworks. For more information, visit www.artwithaheart.net or call (410) 366-8886.

Founded in 2000, Art with a Heart uses visual art for positive civic and economic change in its community programming, workforce development, community art, service learning and leadership development initiatives. Since its inception, AWAH has provided access to high-quality, hands-on art programming across Baltimore City and beyond.

In 2025 alone, the nonprofit facilitated more than 13,000 art classes, collaborated with 95 community partners and engaged over 6,000 volunteers in service to its mission. For more information, visit www.artwithaheart.net or follow on social media: @AWAHBaltimore on Facebook and @artwithaheart_ on X & Instagram.